Physics Fundamentals


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Textbook is comprised of 30 Chapters, 900 pages, and 1500 photographs and illustrations.
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Numerous applications of physics to biology, technology, and sports; illustrating the relevance and applicability of physics to students’ lives.
Abstract physical concepts are introduced by appealing to common experiences that illustrate the concepts.
Illustrated questions and problems allow students to visualize the situations described.
Over 300 worked examples — a general problem solving strategy is outlined and then reinforced in the solution of examples throughout the book.
2000 end-of-chapter questions and problems. Many reviewers have praised the originality and effectiveness of the problems.
1,000 page Instructor’s Solution Manual containing worked-out solutions for all chapter-end problems provided in PDF format on separate CD (included with purchase of school site license).

About the Book:
Dr. Coletta's popular textbook is now available on CD! Physics Fundamentals by Vincent Coletta meets the needs of all algebra-trigonometry based college physics courses. It is also appropriate for advanced high school physics courses, AP physics courses, or as an additional text to a lower-level high school text that requires more substantive content and engaging problems.

In developing the textbook, Dr. Coletta conducted extensive student reviews and thorough class testing to ensure the text is understandable and interesting to a wide-range of students. Thousands of students used Physics Fundamentals in manuscript form, and peer review panels examined the material for clarity and accuracy. This extraordinary development effort has produced a text that is exceptional in its use of direct, concise language to convey ideas and its explanation of difficult concepts.

Chapters open with an overview of how physics concepts relate to topics of interest to students. Wherever possible, abstract physical concepts are introduced by appealing to common experiences that illustrate the concepts. Numerous applications of physics to biology, technology, sports, and everyday life are included throughout each chapter.

Derivations are sometimes integrated in the text and sometimes presented at the end of a section or chapter. This flexible organization allows the author to present the mathematical explanation at the most appropriate place to enhance student understanding, and ensures that a level of qualitative understanding has been reached before the mathematical foundations of the concept are introduced.

The art program is unsurpassed in a physics text. 1500 photographs and illustrations help clarify physics concepts for today's visual learners. Three-dimensional perspective drawings are used extensively throughout the text and illustrations often accompany examples.

Two kinds of essays are provided throughout the text: In Perspective historical essays and Closer Look essays that involve physical concepts or applications. The In Perspective essays are mainly short biographies of physicists who have made some of the most important discoveries in physics. They offer enough depth to humanize their subjects and sometimes to help understand what motivated their discoveries. The Closer Look essays are discussions of physical principles and applications that encourage the student to think about subjects likely to arouse interest.

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Contents

Introduction
Measurement and Units

1. Description of Motion
1-1 Trajectory of a Particle
1-2 Speed
1-3 Displacement
1-4 Vector Algebra
1-5 Components of Vectors
1-6 Velocity
1-7 Problem Solving Strategy

2. Motion in a Straight Line
2-1 Acceleration in One Dimension
2-2 Linear Motion at Constant Acceleration
2-3 Free Fall
Closer Look Essay: Free Fall in Air
2-4 Graphical Analysis of Linear Motion
In Perspective Essay: Galileo Galilei

3. Motion in a Plane
3-1 Acceleration on a Curved Path
3-2 Projectile Motion
3-3 Circular Motion
3-4 Reference Frames and Relative Motion

4. Newton's Laws of Motion
4-1 Classical Mechanics
4-2 Force
4-3 Newton's First Law
4-4 Mass
4-5 Newton's Second and Third Laws
4-6 Force Laws
4-7 The Concept of Force
4-8 Applications of Newton's Laws of
Motion

5. Friction and Other Applications
of Newton's Laws
5-1 Friction
Closer Look Essay: Microscopic Description of Friction
5-2 Centripetal Force
5-3 Center of Mass

6. Gravitation
6-1 Universal Gravitation
6-2 Gravitational Attraction of the Earth
6-3 Noninertial Reference Frames
In Perspective Essay: Origins of the
Theory of Universal Gravitation
In Perspective Essay: Isaac Newton

7. Energy
7-1 Work and Kinetic Energy
7-2 Gravitational Potential Energy;
       Constant Gravitational Force
7-3 Gravitational Potential Energy;
       Variable Gravitational Force
7-4 Spring Potential Energy;
       Conservation of Energy
7-5 Conservative and Non-Conservative
       Forces
7-6 Power
Closer Look Essay: The Energy to Run
7-7 Energy of a System of Particles

8. Momentum
8-1 Impulse and Linear Momentum
8-2 Momentum of a System of Particles;
Conservation of Linear Momentum
8-3 Collisions and Kinetic Energy

9. Rotation
9-1 Description of Rotational Motion
9-2 Torque
9-3 Dynamics of Rotation About a
Fixed Axis
9-4 Rotational Kinetic Energy
9-5 Angular Momentum
9-6 Energy Analysis of Running

10. Static Equilibrium
10-1 Conditions for Static Equilibrium
10-2 Center of Gravity
10-3 Stress and Strain

11. Fluids
11-1 Properties of Fluids
11-2 Pressure in a Fluid at Rest
11-3 Archimedes' Principle
11-4 Surface Tension and Capillarity
11-5 Fluid Dynamics; Bernoulli's Equation
11-6 Viscosity
11-7 Poiseuille's Law

12. Temperature and Kinetic Theory
12-1 Temperature Measurement
12-2 Ideal Gas Law
12-3 Kinetic Theory; Model of an Ideal Gas
12-4 Derivation of the Ideal Gas Law
12-5 Vapor Pressure and Humidity
12-6 Thermal Expansion

13. Heat
13-1 Definition of Heat
13-2 Calorimetry
13-3 Radiation
13-4 Convection
13-5 Conduction

14. Thermodynamics
14-1 Thermodynamic Systems
14-2 First Law of Thermodynamics
14-3 Heat Engines and Refrigerators
14-4 Second Law of Thermodynamics
14-5 Human Metabolism

15. Harmonic Motion
15-1 Simple Harmonic Motion
15-2 Relationship Between SHM and
Circular Motion
15-3 Mass and Spring
15-4 The Pendulum
15-5 Damped and Forced Oscillations

16. Mechanical Waves; Sound
16-1 Description of Waves
16-2 Wave Speed
16-3 Moving Sources and Observers: The
         Doppler Effect
16-4 Power and Intensity; The Decibel
         Scale
16-5 Time Dependence of the Displacement
         of a Particle of the Medium
16-6 Superposition of Waves; Beats;
         Standing Waves
Closer Look Essay: The Ear

17. The Electric Field
17-1 Electric Charge
17-2 Coulomb's Law
17-3 The Electric Field
17-4 Fields Produced by Continuous
Distributions of Charge
17-5 Field Lines

18. Electric Potential
18-1 Electric Potential Energy and
Electric Potential
18-2 Capacitance
18-3 Dielectrics
18-4 The Oscilloscope

19. Electric Current
19-1 Electric Current
19-2 Ohm's Law
19-3 Electric Power; Batteries and
AC Sources
Closer Look Essay: Superconductivity
19-4 Electric Current and Ohm's Law on
the Microscopic Level

20. Direct Current Circuits
20-1 Description of Circuits
20-2 Kirchhoff's Rules
20-3 Equivalent Resistance
20-4 Multiloop Circuits
20-5 Measurement of Current, Potential
Difference, and Resistance
20-6 RC Circuits
Closer Look Essay: Electrical Effects
in the Human Body
20-7 Electric Shock and Household
Electricity

21. Magnetism
21-1 The Magnetic Field
21-2 Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying
         Conductors
21-3 Motion of a Point Charge in a
         Magnetic Field
21-4 Magnetic Fields Produced by Electric
         Currents
21-5 Magnetic Fields Produced by
         Permanent Magnets
21-6 Magnetic Materials
Closer Look Essay: Biomagnetism

22. Electromagnetic Induction and AC
Circuits
22-1 Faraday's Law
22-2 Inductance
22-3 Alternating Current Circuits
In Perspective Essay: Michael Faraday

23. Light
23-1 Electromagnetic Waves
23-2 The Nature of Light
23-3 The Propagation of Light
23-4 Reflection and Refraction

24. Geometrical Optics
24-1 Plane Mirrors
24-2 Spherical Mirrors
24-3 Lenses

25. The Eye and Optical Instruments
25-1 The Human Eye
25-2 The Magnifier
25-3 The Microscope
25-4 The Telescope
Closer Look Essay: Structure of the Retina and Color Sensitivity
25-5 Factors Limiting Visual Acuity

26. Wave Optics
26-1 Wave Properties of Light
26-2 Interference
26-3 Diffraction
26-4 Polarization
Closer Look Essay: Magic in the Sky

27. Relativity
27-1 Measurement of Time; Einstein's
Postulates
27-2 Time Dilation
27-3 Length Contraction
27-4 Relative Velocity
27-5 Relativistic Mass and Energy
Closer Look Essay: General Relativity
In Perspective Essay: Albert Einstein

28. Quantum Concepts
28-1 Photons
28-2 Wave-Particle Duality
28-3 The Uncertainty Principle
In Perspective Essay: Richard Feynman
In Perspective Essay: Stephen Hawking

29. The Atom
29-1 Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Model
         of the Atom
29-2 Wave Properties of Electrons;
         Quantum Mechanics
29-3 Quantum Theory of Atomic Structure
         and Spectra; X-Rays
Closer Look Essay: Lasers
Closer Look Essay: Semiconductors

30. Nuclear Physics and Elementary
Particles
30-1 Nuclear Structure
30-2 Radioactive Decay
30-3 Nuclear Reactions; Fission and Fusion
30-4 Biological Effects of Radiation
30-5 Elementary Particles
In Perspective Essay: Marie Curie

Appendix
A Review of Mathematics
B Gauss' Law
C Models of Electrical Conduction in
Metals
D Selected Isotopes
E Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems

Index

About the Author:
Dr. Vincent Coletta earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Notre Dame, and has been a Professor of Physics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles for over 25 years. Dr. Coletta’s graduate research involved calculating long-range correlations between spins in many-body magnetic systems – a problem in statistical mechanics. His graduate research advisor was Professor Gerald Jones, an academic descendent of Uhlenbeck, Sommerfeld, and Boltzmann.

Dr. Coletta’s textbook was first published in 1995, and has been used throughout the world. Over the past years Dr. Coletta has been active in Physics Education Research – the scientific investigation of the learning and teaching of physics. He has analyzed test results from thousands of students, in order to better understand the effect of students’ reasoning skills on their success in physics. This has led to publications in the American Journal of Physics, Physical Review, and The Physics Teacher. He is now beginning a new project, Thinking in Physics, designed to enhance the reasoning skills of students at risk in introductory physics. This project has received National Science Foundation funding.

Dr. Coletta has chaired the LMU Physics Dept. for 11 years. In that capacity, he built the department’s Interactive Physics Classroom, with a unique design that facilitates interactive learning.